Arrival
The Fremantle Doctor is in tonight, leaving air-conditioning redundant as the cool sea breezes burst through the large open doors and windows of the apartment...I think I can get used to this :)
I've now spent a a day and a half in Perth, rather uneventful, and not much has changed since I was last here some 11 months ago. People are still complaining about daylight savings, water per capita usage is still the highest in Australia, shops still close at 5:30PM and don't open on Sundays, and it's still a very, very beautiful place to live in. The next week's forecast is for sun, sun, and more sun.
So what have I done during this time?
I arrived in Perth yesterday at around 12:45PM, waited ages to get luggage, and my cousin came to pick me up from the airport. He took me to my apartment, had lunch at McDonalds, before going to visit his parents (i.e. aunt & uncle).
The view from the apartment:
i.e. another one of my badly photoshopped panorama views
I met up with Anthony, Andrew and Ana for dinner, and then for drinks afterwards. So yes, I did spend my first night in Perth slightly drunk...but not too drunk. Not drunk enough to not make it back to the apartment at any rate. Quite a few louts on the train though, very loud ones. It makes it hard to hear yourself think.
Today was grocery shopping day for me, so I left the apartment at 9AM and walked into Fremantle to start shopping. It was a pretty decent 15 minute walk from the apartment to the shopping centre, and I bought some $70 worth of supplies that should last me at least a week. However, I realised that I don't have a car, and had no way of carrying eight bags of stuff from the supermarket back to the apartment. So, I pushed the trolley all the way home. It explains why I now have a shopping trolley in my kitchen.
I think now that I have to concentrate on finding a rental property. This is my quest for the next few days or so. It seems daunting at the moment, but maybe it might get better when I spend some time with the property consultant person on Thursday.
On other things, I think I'm taking care of myself... I took a shower after all, I'm cleaning up, I'm eating (instant noodles with spam, spinach and egg), umm....
The Vodafone broadband wireless here is terrible (infrastructure wise, anyway). I seem to be getting constant dropouts - at the time of writing, I have had to reconnect at least 5 times. I cannot wait to move into the rental property, and connect up some decent internet.
As I said, I have no car. I need to consider whether I should rent a car ($20/day for a week?), or wait till I get my car through the company leasing program. I've heard that it may take 3 months to get the car...if that was the case, then the car rental costs are going to go through the roof! Screw it, I'll stick to the public transport system for now, which, apart from the louts on the train last night, has treated me pretty well.
Am I worried about anything? Not really...except for finding a church. It's kinda scary just walking into a church not knowing if you'd fit in with the fellowship and all... I think I'm going to need some help here, or I may have to start up my own Jono church - one of the most spiritually uninspired churches ever (haha).
(reconnected for the 6th time)
I have been reading The Daily Bread, helps with keeping a daily devotional schedule....doubt it's going to be enough on its own though.
Anyway, that is all for now. Sorry if you were expecting a more introspective blogpost about life, love, and everything in between, but I should quit before I have to reconnect for a 7th time.
I will put up more pictures up on Facebook (which I may have to reconnect for an 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th time to finish).
Take care all
(reconnected for the 7th time before posting)
posted by Celestial Vision @ 9:20 pm
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